US20060236969A1 - Rocker Shaft Arrangement for an Engine - Google Patents
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- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
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- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
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- F01L1/00—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear
- F01L1/26—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of two or more valves operated simultaneously by same transmitting-gear; peculiar to machines or engines with more than two lift-valves per cylinder
- F01L1/267—Valve-gear or valve arrangements, e.g. lift-valve gear characterised by the provision of two or more valves operated simultaneously by same transmitting-gear; peculiar to machines or engines with more than two lift-valves per cylinder with means for varying the timing or the lift of the valves
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L13/00—Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01L—CYCLICALLY OPERATING VALVES FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES
- F01L13/00—Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations
- F01L13/0015—Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations for optimising engine performances by modifying valve lift according to various working parameters, e.g. rotational speed, load, torque
- F01L13/0036—Modifications of valve-gear to facilitate reversing, braking, starting, changing compression ratio, or other specific operations for optimising engine performances by modifying valve lift according to various working parameters, e.g. rotational speed, load, torque the valves being driven by two or more cams with different shape, size or timing or a single cam profiled in axial and radial direction
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- the present invention relates generally to a rocker shaft for an engine and, more particularly, to an internally divided rocker shaft arrangement for an engine valvetrain system.
- Cylinder deactivation is being explored in the automotive industry as one option to increase fuel economy by deactivating certain cylinders of an engine when there is not a demand for such cylinders. Often such cylinder deactivation systems involve add on hardware that increases the cost and complexity of manufacturing the engines as well as requires additional parts that may increase the potential for long term durability concerns.
- variable lift valvetrains to improve engine performance under certain engine operating conditions.
- variable lift systems have also required the addition of complex components that are independent of the cylinder deactivation hardware.
- the rocker shaft arrangement for a valvetrain system of an engine.
- the rocker shaft arrangement includes a split rocker shaft having two fluidly separate internal regions. Each of the fluidly separate internal regions is arranged to selectively carry an independent supply of pressurized oil for distribution to valvetrain components.
- the two fluidly separate regions of the split rocker shaft are each arranged to supply pressurized oil independent of each other to one of a high lift rocker arm and a low lift rocker arm of a rocker arm assembly for an engine valvetrain system.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an isometric view of a valvetrain assembly arrangement in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 2 illustrates an isometric view of a valvetrain rocker arm arrangement accordance with the present invention
- FIGS. 3A-3C illustrate diagrammatic top views of the rocker arm arrangement of FIG. 2 in low lift, deactivation and high lift configurations, respectively in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 4 illustrates a top view of the valvetrain rocker arm arrangement of FIG. 2 with a partial sectional view of a rocker shaft in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 5 illustrates a side view of a rocker shaft arrangement in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 6 illustrates a bottom sectional isometric view of the valvetrain rocker arm arrangement of FIG. 2 showing a pin assembly in the low lift configuration in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 7 illustrates a bottom sectional isometric view of the valvetrain rocker arm arrangement of FIG. 2 showing the pin assembly in the high lift configuration in accordance with the present invention
- FIG. 8 illustrates a bottom sectional isometric view of the valvetrain rocker arm arrangement of FIG. 2 showing the pin assembly in deactivation configuration in accordance with the present invention.
- FIGS. 1-8 illustrate an exemplary embodiment of a variable lift deactivateable valvetrain for a dual over head camshaft (DOHC) internal combustion engine in accordance with the present invention.
- a variable lift deactivateable valvetrain arrangement 10 is provided and includes a camshaft 20 having a high lift cam lobe profile 30 , a low lift cam lobe profile 40 , and a no-lift or deactivation cam lobe profile 50 .
- Camshaft 20 is positioned in a cylinder head (not shown) and arranged to engage a rocker arm assembly 60 via the above-mentioned cam lobes.
- Rocker arm assembly 60 includes a low lift rocker assembly 70 , a high lift rocker assembly 80 and a central connecting rocker assembly 90 .
- Rocker assemblies 70 , 80 and 90 are arranged to be positioned on and rotate about a rocker shaft 100 via axially aligned rocker shaft bores 110 in each of the lower lift 70 , high lift 80 and central connecting 90 rockers as best shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 .
- Central connecting rocker 90 is arranged to engage at least one valve and is shown in the exemplary embodiment in a configuration arranged to engage a pair of valve assemblies 120 .
- Rocker assemblies 70 and 80 each include respective rollers 130 and 140 arranged to engage a respective cam lobe profile of camshaft 20 .
- central connecting rocker assembly 90 includes an engagement pad 150 arranged to engage the camshaft deactivation lobe profile 50 during a period cylinder deactivation operation.
- Rocker assemblies 70 and 80 each include axially aligned locking mechanism bores 170 , 180 , respectively that house locking mechanism assemblies 200 , 210 , respectively as best shown in FIGS. 6-8 .
- Connecting rocker assembly 90 includes a locking mechanism bore 190 positioned in axial alignment with bores 170 , 180 and arranged to selectively engage a respective locking mechanism assembly for a desired valvetrain lift configuration as will be explained in more detail below.
- Rocker assemblies 70 , 80 and 90 can pivot about rocker shaft 100 independent of each other or in selective engagement to each other based on desired engine valvetrain operating configurations of low lift, high lift or cylinder deactivation as will be described in more detail below.
- Low lift locking mechanism assembly 200 includes a bushing 250 press fit in locking mechanism bore 170 and an end cap 260 press fit into an end of bushing 250 .
- a low lift locking pin 270 is positioned in bushing 250 and biased towards the central connecting rocker locking mechanism bore 190 via a spring 280 positioned between low lift locking pin 270 and end cap 260 .
- Central connecting rocker locking mechanism bore 190 also includes a pin stop 290 arranged to limit the travel of low lift locking pin 270 .
- High lift locking mechanism assembly 210 includes a bushing 350 press fit into locking mechanism bore 180 and an end cap 360 press fit into an end of bushing 350 as shown in FIG. 6 .
- a high lift locking pin 370 is positioned in bushing 350 and biased away from central connecting rocker locking mechanism bore 190 towards end cap 360 via a spring 380 positioned between a bushing spring support 385 and end cap 360 .
- Pin stop 290 also serves to limit the travel of high lift locking pin 370 in similar fashion to low lift locking pin 270 .
- Low lift and high lift rocker assemblies 70 , 80 include oil feed channels that are positioned in the rockers to fluidly connect the respective rocker shaft bores to the respective locking mechanism bores for selective engagement of the locking pin assemblies 200 , 210 with the central connecting rocker assembly 90 .
- low lift rocker assembly 70 includes an oil feed channel 400 that fluidly connects rocker shaft bore 110 in the low lift rocker to low lift locking mechanism bore 170 .
- high lift rocker assembly 80 includes an oil feed channel 410 that fluidly connects rocker shaft bore 110 in the high lift rocker arm to the high lift locking mechanism bore 180 .
- the oil feed channels are arranged to supply pressurized oil to the respective locking mechanism bores for selective engagement of the low lift and high lift locking pins 270 , 370 , respectively with the central rocker assembly 90 .
- rocker shaft 100 is tubular in construction having a hollow inner region that is arranged to selectively supply pressurized oil to the respective high and low lift oil feed channels 400 , 410 .
- a split rocker shaft arrangement is utilized to provide the ability to independently supply pressurized oil to the low and high lift oil feed channels 400 , 410 , respectively.
- a divider 420 is positioned inside rocker shaft 100 that effectively splits an inside area of the rocker shaft into two semi-circular cross sections 430 and 440 running internally an axial length of the rocker shaft. As best shown in FIG.
- oil feed channels 400 , 410 are positioned in their respective rocker assemblies such that they will intersect the inside diameter of rocker shaft 100 on different sides of divider 420 . More specifically, low lift oil feed channel 400 is arranged to intersect the divided semi-circular region 430 that is farther from the low and high lift rollers 130 , 140 whereas the high lift oil feed channel 410 is arranged to intersect the other semi-circular divided region 440 in rocker shaft 100 that is closer to the rollers 130 , 140 , respectively.
- a spring loaded divider insert 500 is provided in place of divider 420 that is manufactured into the rocker shaft, and divider insert 500 is preferably made of a plastic material, but can be made of other suitable materials.
- the divider insert 500 functions in the same fashion as divider 420 and effectively separates rocker shaft 100 into two semi-circular internal cross-sectional regions arranged to selectively supply pressurized oil independently to the low and high lift oil feed channels 400 , 410 , respectively.
- a valve arrangement such as a solenoid valve, is attached to an oil supply end of rocker shaft 100 and arranged to provide a supply of pressurized oil into rocker shaft 100 for one or both of the high and low lift oil feed channels depending on the desired valvetrain lift configuration.
- pressurized oil is selectively supplied to the high lift locking mechanism bore 180 via rocker shaft divided region 440 and high lift oil feed channel 410 .
- the pressurized oil overcomes the biasing force from spring 380 and thus translates high lift locking pin 370 into central connecting rocker locking mechanism bore 190 thereby engaging high lift rocker 80 to central connecting rocker 90 .
- pressurized oil is supplied to the low lift locking mechanism bore 170 to overcome the basing force of spring 280 and translate low lift locking pin 270 towards end cap 260 and out of central rocker locking mechanism bore 190 thereby disengaging low lift rocker 70 from central connecting rocker 90 .
- low lift rocker 70 is disengaged from central rocker 90 allowing relative movement between low lift rocker 70 and the other rockers while high lift rocker 80 is engaged with central rocker 90 thereby actuating valves 120 based on input from the camshaft high lift cam lobe profile 30 .
- pressurized oil is supplied to the low lift locking mechanism bore 170 in the same manner as described above for operation in the high lift valvetrain configuration.
- the high lift locking pin 370 is spring biased to a disengaged position within the high lift rocker 80
- supplying pressurized oil to only the low lift locking mechanism bore results in both the low lift rocker 70 and the high lift rocker 80 being disengaged and thus able to move independently of the central rocker 90 .
- camshaft input from the high and low lift cam lobe profiles does not actuate valves 120 thereby providing for a cylinder deactivation valvetrain configuration.
- the central connecting rocker could be utilized in combination with only the low lift rocker resulting in a valvetrain capable of no cylinder deactivation and low lift configurations.
- the central connecting rocker could be utilized in combination with only the high lift rocker resulting in a valvetrain capable of cylinder deactivation and high lift configurations.
- valvetrain of the present invention thus offers modular valvetrain capability which provides design and manufacturing flexibility for a common engine architecture adaptable for high, low and no lift valvetrain configurations depending on needs of various vehicle applications for the common engine architecture.
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- This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/675,056 filed Apr. 26, 2005.
- The present invention relates generally to a rocker shaft for an engine and, more particularly, to an internally divided rocker shaft arrangement for an engine valvetrain system.
- In today's competitive automotive industry, it is becoming increasingly important for automotive manufacturers to deliver refined engines that offer strong performance while also balancing fuel economy considerations. Cylinder deactivation is being explored in the automotive industry as one option to increase fuel economy by deactivating certain cylinders of an engine when there is not a demand for such cylinders. Often such cylinder deactivation systems involve add on hardware that increases the cost and complexity of manufacturing the engines as well as requires additional parts that may increase the potential for long term durability concerns.
- In addition, while the aforementioned cylinder deactivation systems are designed to improve fuel economy, such systems are generally not designed to increase engine performance. Similar to cylinder deactivation, the automotive industry has also been exploring variable lift valvetrains to improve engine performance under certain engine operating conditions. Generally, such variable lift systems have also required the addition of complex components that are independent of the cylinder deactivation hardware. These variable lift systems have thus resulted in a complex and costly valvetrain that is difficult to manufacture and potentially prone to durability issues.
- Another disadvantage associated with both the cylinder deactivation systems and the variable lift systems is that the size and complexity of the add on hardware for each independent system results in a larger cylinder head that is difficult to package in today's relatively congested under hood engine compartment. Such a larger cylinder head is more expensive to manufacture and adds additional weight to the engine which is counterproductive to the goals of improving fuel economy and other engine performance characteristics.
- Thus, there is a need for a compact valvetrain system having a rocker shaft arrangement that overcomes the aforementioned and other disadvantages.
- Accordingly, a rocker shaft arrangement for a valvetrain system of an engine is provided. In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, the rocker shaft arrangement includes a split rocker shaft having two fluidly separate internal regions. Each of the fluidly separate internal regions is arranged to selectively carry an independent supply of pressurized oil for distribution to valvetrain components.
- In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the two fluidly separate regions of the split rocker shaft are each arranged to supply pressurized oil independent of each other to one of a high lift rocker arm and a low lift rocker arm of a rocker arm assembly for an engine valvetrain system.
- Other aspects, features, and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment, the appended claims, and in the accompanying drawings in which:
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FIG. 1 illustrates an isometric view of a valvetrain assembly arrangement in accordance with the present invention; -
FIG. 2 illustrates an isometric view of a valvetrain rocker arm arrangement accordance with the present invention; -
FIGS. 3A-3C illustrate diagrammatic top views of the rocker arm arrangement ofFIG. 2 in low lift, deactivation and high lift configurations, respectively in accordance with the present invention; -
FIG. 4 illustrates a top view of the valvetrain rocker arm arrangement ofFIG. 2 with a partial sectional view of a rocker shaft in accordance with the present invention; -
FIG. 5 illustrates a side view of a rocker shaft arrangement in accordance with the present invention; -
FIG. 6 illustrates a bottom sectional isometric view of the valvetrain rocker arm arrangement ofFIG. 2 showing a pin assembly in the low lift configuration in accordance with the present invention; -
FIG. 7 illustrates a bottom sectional isometric view of the valvetrain rocker arm arrangement ofFIG. 2 showing the pin assembly in the high lift configuration in accordance with the present invention; -
FIG. 8 illustrates a bottom sectional isometric view of the valvetrain rocker arm arrangement ofFIG. 2 showing the pin assembly in deactivation configuration in accordance with the present invention. - In the following description, several well-known features of an internal combustion engine and more specifically a valvetrain for an internal combustion engine are not shown or described so as not to obscure the present invention. Referring now to the drawings,
FIGS. 1-8 illustrate an exemplary embodiment of a variable lift deactivateable valvetrain for a dual over head camshaft (DOHC) internal combustion engine in accordance with the present invention. With more particular reference toFIGS. 1-3 , a variable liftdeactivateable valvetrain arrangement 10 is provided and includes a camshaft 20 having a high liftcam lobe profile 30, a low liftcam lobe profile 40, and a no-lift or deactivation cam lobe profile 50. Camshaft 20 is positioned in a cylinder head (not shown) and arranged to engage arocker arm assembly 60 via the above-mentioned cam lobes. - Rocker
arm assembly 60 includes a lowlift rocker assembly 70, a highlift rocker assembly 80 and a central connecting rocker assembly 90. Rocker assemblies 70, 80 and 90 are arranged to be positioned on and rotate about arocker shaft 100 via axially alignedrocker shaft bores 110 in each of thelower lift 70,high lift 80 and central connecting 90 rockers as best shown inFIGS. 2 and 3 . Central connecting rocker 90 is arranged to engage at least one valve and is shown in the exemplary embodiment in a configuration arranged to engage a pair ofvalve assemblies 120.Rocker assemblies respective rollers engagement pad 150 arranged to engage the camshaft deactivation lobe profile 50 during a period cylinder deactivation operation. - Rocker assemblies 70 and 80 each include axially aligned locking mechanism bores 170, 180, respectively that house locking mechanism assemblies 200, 210, respectively as best shown in
FIGS. 6-8 . Connecting rocker assembly 90 includes a locking mechanism bore 190 positioned in axial alignment withbores rocker shaft 100 independent of each other or in selective engagement to each other based on desired engine valvetrain operating configurations of low lift, high lift or cylinder deactivation as will be described in more detail below. - Referring now in particular to
FIGS. 6-8 , the low lift and high lift locking mechanism assemblies 200, 210 will be described. Low liftlocking mechanism assembly 200 includes a bushing 250 press fit in locking mechanism bore 170 and anend cap 260 press fit into an end of bushing 250. A lowlift locking pin 270 is positioned in bushing 250 and biased towards the central connecting rocker locking mechanism bore 190 via aspring 280 positioned between lowlift locking pin 270 andend cap 260. Central connecting rocker locking mechanism bore 190 also includes a pin stop 290 arranged to limit the travel of lowlift locking pin 270. - High lift
locking mechanism assembly 210 includes a bushing 350 press fit into locking mechanism bore 180 and anend cap 360 press fit into an end of bushing 350 as shown inFIG. 6 . A highlift locking pin 370 is positioned in bushing 350 and biased away from central connecting rocker locking mechanism bore 190 towardsend cap 360 via aspring 380 positioned between abushing spring support 385 andend cap 360. Pin stop 290 also serves to limit the travel of highlift locking pin 370 in similar fashion to lowlift locking pin 270. - Low lift and high lift rocker assemblies 70, 80 include oil feed channels that are positioned in the rockers to fluidly connect the respective rocker shaft bores to the respective locking mechanism bores for selective engagement of the
locking pin assemblies lift rocker assembly 70 includes anoil feed channel 400 that fluidly connects rocker shaft bore 110 in the low lift rocker to low lift locking mechanism bore 170. Likewise, highlift rocker assembly 80 includes anoil feed channel 410 that fluidly connects rocker shaft bore 110 in the high lift rocker arm to the high lift locking mechanism bore 180. The oil feed channels are arranged to supply pressurized oil to the respective locking mechanism bores for selective engagement of the low lift and highlift locking pins - As best shown in
FIG. 4 ,rocker shaft 100 is tubular in construction having a hollow inner region that is arranged to selectively supply pressurized oil to the respective high and low liftoil feed channels oil feed channels divider 420 is positioned insiderocker shaft 100 that effectively splits an inside area of the rocker shaft into twosemi-circular cross sections 430 and 440 running internally an axial length of the rocker shaft. As best shown inFIG. 4 ,oil feed channels rocker shaft 100 on different sides ofdivider 420. More specifically, low liftoil feed channel 400 is arranged to intersect the divided semi-circular region 430 that is farther from the low andhigh lift rollers oil feed channel 410 is arranged to intersect the other semi-circular dividedregion 440 inrocker shaft 100 that is closer to therollers - In an alternative arrangement as shown in
FIG. 5 , a spring loadeddivider insert 500 is provided in place ofdivider 420 that is manufactured into the rocker shaft, anddivider insert 500 is preferably made of a plastic material, but can be made of other suitable materials. The divider insert 500 functions in the same fashion asdivider 420 and effectively separatesrocker shaft 100 into two semi-circular internal cross-sectional regions arranged to selectively supply pressurized oil independently to the low and high liftoil feed channels rocker shaft 100 and arranged to provide a supply of pressurized oil intorocker shaft 100 for one or both of the high and low lift oil feed channels depending on the desired valvetrain lift configuration. - In operation for a high lift valvetrain configuration and referring to
FIGS. 3C, 4 and 7, pressurized oil is selectively supplied to the high lift locking mechanism bore 180 via rocker shaft dividedregion 440 and high liftoil feed channel 410. The pressurized oil overcomes the biasing force fromspring 380 and thus translates highlift locking pin 370 into central connecting rocker locking mechanism bore 190 thereby engaginghigh lift rocker 80 to central connecting rocker 90. In addition, pressurized oil is supplied to the low lift locking mechanism bore 170 to overcome the basing force ofspring 280 and translate lowlift locking pin 270 towardsend cap 260 and out of central rocker locking mechanism bore 190 thereby disengaginglow lift rocker 70 from central connecting rocker 90. Thus,low lift rocker 70 is disengaged from central rocker 90 allowing relative movement betweenlow lift rocker 70 and the other rockers whilehigh lift rocker 80 is engaged with central rocker 90 thereby actuatingvalves 120 based on input from the camshaft high liftcam lobe profile 30. - In a low lift valvetrain configuration and referring to
FIGS. 3A, 4 and 6, a pressurized supply of oil to the locking mechanism bores is not required because lowlift locking pin 270 is spring biased into locking mechanism bore 190 and highlift locking pin 370 is spring biased to be positioned in the high lift locking mechanism bore 180 and not in the central locking mechanism bore 190 thereby allowing relative movement between central rocker 90 andhigh rocker 80. Thus, in the absence of oil pressure being supplied torocker arm assembly 60 viarocker shaft 100,rocker arm assembly 60 will operate in a low liftconfiguration actuating valves 120 based on input from camshaft low liftcam lobe profile 30 to lowlift rocker assembly 70.High lift rocker 80 will be actuated by camshaft 20 via high liftcam lobe profile 40, but will move independently of central rocker 90 and thus not actuatevalves 120. - In operation for a cylinder deactivation configuration and referring to
FIGS. 3B, 4 and 8, pressurized oil is supplied to the low lift locking mechanism bore 170 in the same manner as described above for operation in the high lift valvetrain configuration. As the highlift locking pin 370 is spring biased to a disengaged position within thehigh lift rocker 80, supplying pressurized oil to only the low lift locking mechanism bore results in both thelow lift rocker 70 and thehigh lift rocker 80 being disengaged and thus able to move independently of the central rocker 90. With the central rocker 90 disengaged from the high andlow life rockers valves 120 thereby providing for a cylinder deactivation valvetrain configuration. - It should be appreciated that various combinations of high or low lift rockers can be utilized with the central rocker shaft depending on valvetrain requirements. For example, the central connecting rocker could be utilized in combination with only the low lift rocker resulting in a valvetrain capable of no cylinder deactivation and low lift configurations. Alternatively, the central connecting rocker could be utilized in combination with only the high lift rocker resulting in a valvetrain capable of cylinder deactivation and high lift configurations.
- The valvetrain of the present invention thus offers modular valvetrain capability which provides design and manufacturing flexibility for a common engine architecture adaptable for high, low and no lift valvetrain configurations depending on needs of various vehicle applications for the common engine architecture.
- The foregoing description constitutes the embodiments devised by the inventors for practicing the invention. It is apparent, however, that the invention is susceptible to modification, variation, and change that will become obvious to those skilled in the art. Inasmuch as the foregoing description is intended to enable one skilled in the pertinent art to practice the invention, it should not be construed to be limited thereby but should be construed to include such aforementioned obvious variations and be limited only by the proper scope or fair meaning of the accompanying claims.
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